Horrible things said and done by Donald and his Administration – January 2018

January 2018 saw 155 examples of horrible behavior, with the biggest increases coming in the categories of belittling and mocking people and immigrant-hating, with smaller increases in authoritarianism, propaganda, and attacking equal protection under the law.

After a lull in December, January again saw an increase and new record number of loathsome deeds and awful language by Donald, members of his Administration, and his key supporters (like VIPs in the Republican Party). January saw a marked increase in propaganda, authoritarianism, belittling or mocking people, immigrant-hating, and threats against the equal treatment of everyone before the law.

Of the 155 instances of horrible behavior, 45 (29.0% of the total) included one or more uses of propaganda. For example, Donald claimed that his Administration had “raised the bar” on airline safety even though there have been no fatal passenger airline crashes since 2009. Donald’s Administration also released a memo that claimed most incidents of international terrorism were caused by immigrants, but at the same time totally ignored that the bulk of terrorist attacks in the US are actually domestic terrorism performed by US citizens. And finally, two members of Donald’s opioid commission (created to address the opioid addiction and overdose issue in the US) called their own commission “a sham.”